Tuesday
Jan092007
they got me
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 12:31AM
I went to the grocery store this morning with Ella, but I made the list so it was missing a bunch of stuff. I was taking my neighbor Kenny around to do some errands and ended up back at Kroger so I hastened to pick up the stuff I forgot the first time. And that's when it happened.
I chose the bubble bath not based on price or quantity or flavor, but because it had Elmo on it.
They got me.
And they got me through my daughter. She was thrilled about the bubble bath. Talked about it all day. Well, she walked around, pointed at the bathroom and said "Elmo" all day. But the big question is: How did they get Ella?
She's seen Sesame Street maybe five times. It's not like she and her friends sit around and have "did you see Elmo's World today" conversations. They just steal each other's toys and eat Cheerios off the floor. How does she know who Elmo is?
At least it's Elmo. He's not scary to me. But someday soon it will be a boyband. Or a tv show. Or, God Forbid, Clay Aiken.
I chose the bubble bath not based on price or quantity or flavor, but because it had Elmo on it.
They got me.
And they got me through my daughter. She was thrilled about the bubble bath. Talked about it all day. Well, she walked around, pointed at the bathroom and said "Elmo" all day. But the big question is: How did they get Ella?
She's seen Sesame Street maybe five times. It's not like she and her friends sit around and have "did you see Elmo's World today" conversations. They just steal each other's toys and eat Cheerios off the floor. How does she know who Elmo is?
At least it's Elmo. He's not scary to me. But someday soon it will be a boyband. Or a tv show. Or, God Forbid, Clay Aiken.
Reader Comments (27)
Ha!
ok? WHY God forbid Clay Aiken? Would you rather it be JZ,Chingy or SnoopDag?
What is wrong with everyone? Clay is young, an all-American looking man with TALENT!!! I can not believe how men react to this guy!
At least Mr. Aiken isn't polluting young minds and asking kids to sing filth, or dress unlike who they really are. He isnt instilling "Bling bling" morals on young minds and female sexuality that has to be perfection, while the MEN are all mostly overweight slobs of "gangstahs."
Noy a nice world..leave Clay alone. He is harmless. Oh..the homophobic thing? the rumors? Thats what they are...rumors! He has said more than a few times that he is straight...do the research.
Our kids so not "marry" these "Idols"...let the children enjoy some nice people...please!
So you had to jump on the bandwagon and attack Mr Aiken too by making him part of your rather stupid punchline. Aren't you just so proud of yourself?
Well, I guess you now know how to get fun comments on your blog - rip on Clay Aiken! :chuckle:
Seriously, man, it's scary how quick they pick up on that stuff. My little Laura has started picking up lines and catch phrases from the couple TV shows she watches. It makes me realize how careful we have to be as parents to make wise choices about what the kiddos watch. And what they hear from us, too - Laura repeated an "O crap" that she heard from her mother the other day - you can bet Becky won't be saying that again any time soon. :-)
Clay Aiken is okay, but why on earth did he put out a record with a ton of covers on it! Ridiculous! Serioulsy, just go get the Best of Richard Marx and call it a day!
Awesome. Simply awesome.
I'd like to add that evil, purple dinosaur thing to the list.
And Dora. She's always yelling.
tim
wow. did that really just happen? did 3-4 people, in all seriousness, jump to the defense of clay aiken? If we really want to get unto a discussion about christian aesthetics and what is harming are children, I think an equal argument could be made against todays pop music and not just todays hip-hop and rap culture.
..but that is for a later time...
now I must go and wash my hair with my american idol shampoo, shave with my limited edition clay aiken razor, and put on my matching "I Heart Simon" t-shirt and capri pants.
peace. - caleb
Bet Andy didn't plan on THAT happening when he mentioned Clay, huh?
I've got two kids and I am constantly amazed at the power that Elmo has...
I guess you hit a nerve there, huh?
Moral of the story - We all have to be careful about what we allow into our lives. We all have to be careful about how we label other people.
our Ella is a big Elmo fan too. That and Clifford the Big Red Dog. And other than Sesame Street a couple of times a week, she doesn't watch that much TV either.
Of course, she also used to refer to all fish, regardless of color or type, as "Nemo"
And yeah, we chose bubble bath once because it had Clifford on it.......we're all hopelessly sucked in.
The reality is we even had a hard time finding pullups, etc. that are decent quality that DON'T have characters on it.
And as bad as Clay Aiken might be as a fixation, it could be worse- they could end up Nickleback fans.
Oh, just pick on Nickelback, why don't you! Geez, if there's a harder-working, more original band in pop musicdom I'd like to see it! Go get a life!
Ok, the joke ends here. I now feel dirty inside.
:)
Livvy somehow became an Elmo fan without ever even seeing Sesame Street. Pure marketing genius, I suppose.
Reading about Kenny reminds me that you asked for a special prayer for him back at our show in October. I take it that's he's doing better. That's good news!
Clay Aiken sucks.
Just wait until Ella is leading Sadie through the singing (and of course, dancing) of every song/scene from "High School Musical"! Or the dreaded sequel that I hear is in the works.
Now you know what it's like at my house! Except that they look so darn cute doing it.
When my daughter was born, I put my foot down about Barney. There would be absolutely no Barney stuff in my house. Not on tv, no blankets, toys, etc. Nothing. It worked, but I knew they would get to her....somehow.
So I started teaching her that Barney is bad. Little kids just believe what you tell them, so you don't have to come up with a reason why.
I found out that one day in her preschool they were going to show all the kids a Barney video. My girl raised her hand and said she wasn't allowed to watch Barney. The teachers put in Veggietales instead.
Can't wait to see what you write about tomorrow.
I nanny while in college, and every 1-3 year old LOVES elmo.
my theory? it's becuase he always is talking to babies on the show. a mother of a kid I watch calls elmo " baby crack". I think that's funny.
Elmo is my anti-drug.
Clay still sucks.
Well done, Mr. Davis, well done.
I banned Barney in my house, too...
And then they found BOZ. Imagine a big green bear in place of the big purple dinosaur. Same cheese music and voice...
At least it has a Christian theme to it... if I could just get past the hideous music.
The absolute worst....far worse than Elmo, Boz, Barney or Clay.....
The Doodlebops. If you're flipping channels and it comes on...throw something at the glass part of your tv and tell your kids, "Tv's broken. Sorry, we can't watch The Doodlebops."
It's worth it. I promise.
Where are my Tums? I'm getting ill just thinking about the times I've had to watch that show...
And what is wrong with Clay? I couldn't think of any better role model. Maybe you should get your facts straight before you critisize someone.
We don't let our kids watch Spongebob. Partly because we don't have cable; but mostly because it's... it's just not right. So our 4 year old knows that "Spongebob is bad" whenever he sees the media blitz in the stores (he's everywhere- even on baby bath! Watch out, Andy!). While at the "Festival of Trees" before Christmas, he sees a little boy with a Spongebob doll (in a Santa hat- freshly purchased), goes up to him and says "Eww.. Spongebob is bad!" thus making the little boy start bawling big time. We taught him well- maybe too well. It least it's not Booba, truly a work of the evil one.
Ok, let's all cleanse our pallets of these nasty things poisoning our children.
Sing along-
Tractor tractor harvesting the wheat...
backhoe backhoe shootin' to the moon...
If only we could all toss out our TVs....